The Flight Before Christmas
Published November 27, 2025
Film info
- Title The Flight Before Christmas
- Director Peter Sullivan
- Year 2015
- Run time 1hr 30m
- Genres Drama, Comedy
- Tagline The power of positive thinking
Two strangers who both happen to be in marketing, share a room at a bed-and-breakfast when a snowstorm strands their flight in Montana on Christmas Eve.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:47 | Oof, Christmas is prime time for family emotional blackmail in the movies. |
| 5:22 | “I have more books than I thought.” Yep. |
| 8:48 | I do like it when people have to talk to themselves otherwise it’s just a silent movie. |
| 12:31 | Wait a gosh darn minute, is Santa the Groundhog Day guy? |
| 20:16 | “I wasn’t listening, so much as standing half a foot away from you when you were talking really loudly.” |
| 22:44 | That is quite a lot of judgement to throw at someone you don’t know. |
| 30:04 | Charles Peak is one of those weird names - is it the peak belonging to Charles or that was his whole name? |
| 38:26 | The bathroom situation would be the worst part of this ad hoc sharing. |
| 42:47 | Pancakes and hot chocolate for breakfast is gonna make for a heck of a sugar rush. |
| 52:20 | I mean, she blatantly needs a minute so she can then appear down the stairs and take his breath away. |
| 1:04:17 | I don’t buy this relationship at all, it makes no sense to have had such a big impact on them already. |
| 1:10:38 | Why is Mayim doing the airport announcements? |
| 1:18:54 | Did he think she was going to be at her advertising job on New Year’s Eve? |
Thoughts
I’m all for a cheesy Christmas movie, and I thought with the addition of Mayim Bialik, this might be pretty good. Sadly, it was terrible. The two leads do an okay job individually, especially given the terrible script they’re working with and how awful the characters are, but they have no chemistry and so there’s no chance they fell in love overnight. Meanwhile, the plot is bonkers, why is she so mad that he’s going to propose to his girlfriend based on one overheard conversation? Why did he go all the way to the airport and bottle it? It’s really just a bit of a mess, and Mayim deserves better.
Rating: 1 / 5
